| If tomorrow the Mausoleum is torn down, | 
| If an atomic explosion shatters the Earth, | 
| If the steak is served to me raw - | 
| I don't care, I knew the times worse. | 
| If black gets into the White House, | 
| My wife will start learning aikido | 
| And the best friend will tell a joke "with a beard" - | 
| I don't care, I knew the times worse. | 
| I stood before the last line | 
| They told me: "Boy, this is..." | 
| And I knew it wasn't! | 
| I remember it like now. | 
| I remember now. | 
| Erasing teeth on tour dust, | 
| In a cheap hotel fell from the hooves - | 
| I remember it like now | 
| I remember now. | 
| I'm worse, worse, I knew times worse! | 
| If the prisons stop guarding, | 
| If in Tel Aviv I see a horse, | 
| And the wise Okudzhava will suddenly fall in love with me - | 
| I don't care, I knew the times worse. | 
| If Carl Lewis loses the race, | 
| Taipei becomes the capital of China | 
| And in Palestine, a Jew will accept Christianity - | 
| I don't care, I knew the times worse. | 
| People invited to sit by the fire, | 
| I came to them, not knowing how to live until the morning - | 
| I remember it like now | 
| I remember now. | 
| I was in a deep dive from a dream | 
| And I would have crashed, but you saved me - | 
| I remember it like now | 
| I remember now. | 
| I'm worse, worse, I knew times worse! | 
| This is how I live in the world. | 
| Lawns are fake, I walk on them, crushing the grass. | 
| And if suddenly I hear a whistle iridescent sound - | 
| I don't care, I knew the times worse. | 
| No one dares to talk about what is not. | 
| And I work during the day and rest in my sleep. | 
| And if death creeps up on me - | 
| I don't care, I knew the times worse. | 
| Today there is someone to start the engine, | 
| And there was a time when no one could be found with lanterns - | 
| I remember it like now | 
| I remember now. | 
| But I was happy there - that's the whole paradox. | 
| After all, this was my world, there was my home - | 
| I remember it like now | 
| I remember now. | 
| But I was happy there - that's the whole paradox. | 
| After all, this was my world, there was my home - | 
| I remember it like now | 
| I remember now. | 
| And, therefore, better, better, I knew the times better. | 
| After all, I was happy there - that's the whole paradox. | 
| After all, this was my world, there was my home - | 
| I remember it like now | 
| I remember now. | 
| And, therefore, better, better, I knew the times better. | 
| And, therefore, better, better, I knew the times better. |